US-50 at Echo Summit
Echo Summit now
No chain controls at Echo Summit (Caltrans). Checked .
US-50 road conditions · Every pass camera, with its chain control →
Storm alerts
A notification on this device when chain control starts, changes or lifts, or a road closes or reopens. Pick your roads:
An alert is a heads-up that something changed, not a road report, and it can arrive a few minutes after the change. Before you drive, check Caltrans QuickMap or Nevada 511 (nvroads.com), or call 511. A few alerts a day at most; no account, no email, and you can turn them off here any time (what we keep).
Camera offline since Check it at Caltrans →
Caltrans is showing a "Temporarily Unavailable" card in its place, so there is no picture of the road to show.
Last good picture: (11 days ago). We point at Caltrans's feed rather than keep copies, so there is no older frame to show.
Nearby cameras that are working: US-50 at Myers · US-50 at Sierra at Tahoe / Echo Lake Eastbound · US-50 at US-395
Still offline when last checked, .
Camera on US-50. Caltrans's feed for this one is not responding — the road status, chain controls and forecast below are live, and so are the cameras either side of it.
Weather at Echo Summit
- Today
- Sunny
- Temperature
- 62°F
- Wind
- 2 to 13 mph
- Zone
- CAZ136
This forecast could not be refreshed on the last run and may be out of date.
Forecast read
Where this camera is
This camera is the red marker; the blue dots are the other cameras on US-50. Click one to open it.
What this camera shows
This camera looks at Echo Summit on US-50. Echo Summit is the pinch point on the California side; Spooner handles the Nevada side of the lake.
Caltrans publishes this camera but is not currently serving it, so there is nothing to show here until they fix it. It is checked daily and returns on its own.
US-50: questions answered
Chain-control points on US-50
Caltrans does not control the whole road at once — it sets controls at whichever point matches the snow level, so the same storm produces controls at different places on different days. These are the California-side points, highest first:
| Point | Elevation | Near | Now |
|---|---|---|---|
| Echo Summit (Holding only) | 7,401 ft | South Lake Tahoe | Clear |
| Chiapa (Holding only) | 6,453 ft | South Lake Tahoe | Clear |
| Meyers | 6,341 ft | South Lake Tahoe | Clear |
| Twin Bridges | 6,158 ft | Twin Bridges | Clear |
| Strawberry | 5,728 ft | Twin Bridges | Clear |
| Wright's Lake | 5,515 ft | Kyburz | Clear |
| Fred's Place | 4,957 ft | Kyburz | Clear |
| Pollock Pines (Sly Park) | 3,982 ft | Pollock Pines | Clear |
| Sand Flat | 3,953 ft | Kyburz | Clear |
| Fresh Pond | 3,641 ft | Pollock Pines | Clear |
| Saw Mill Under Crossing | 3,641 ft | Camino | Clear |
| Riverton | 3,231 ft | Pollock Pines | Clear |
The cameras either side
More cameras on US-50
- US-50 at US-395
- US-50 at Truck Escape Ramp
- US-50 at Golf Club
- US-50 at Spooner Summit
- US-50 at Glenbrook
- US-50 at Cave Rock
Other roads
Camera: Caltrans. Chain-control status and closures: Caltrans District 3 (public domain) and Nevada DOT / nvroads.com. Nevada Explorer is not affiliated with any of them. Always confirm at roads.dot.ca.gov or nvroads.com before you travel.